"My first day at Paisley I walk into the building…and it’s basically his assistant who lets me in. I walked in and the phone rings and it’s him (Prince). And I’m like, wow, this is your voice through a telephone. What do you want me to do?

"The August 2002 issue of Cat Fancy magazine reported that Prince had named his cat, Paisley, CEO of his Paisley Park Enterprises. In the article a spokesperson for Paisley Park was quoted as saying, 'She is a great boss, she never yells and spends most of the day sleeping in her office. The only problem is she likes to scratch the drapes.'"

"In the wake of Prince's untimely death, Karlen revealed that while he intentionally stopped covering Prince so as not to pigeonhole himself as "that guy who covers Prince" their unlikely friendship continued via phone conversations which typically occurred in the wee hours of the morning when Prince would ring up Karlen to talk about, well...stuff."

"I found myself drawn to this man. Mesmerized by his presence, I did not understand the notes that were being played but knew enough to know that I had entered into something special. That he was someone different and that different was cool. I wanted more, and more is what he gave me.

"'Man, these are some ghetto eggs', he exclaimed after trying a couple bites. 'I'll be right back.' P picked up the plate and wheeled his way in lite-up kids’ shoes from the library where we usually worked, down the basketball court length entrance hall, to the kitchen on the opposite end of the house.